Jerusalem Cinematheque

The Jerusalem Cinematheque is a cinematheque and film archive in Jerusalem.

History

The Jerusalem Cinematheque was founded in 1973 by Lia van Leer. It was originally located in Beit Agron in the center of Jerusalem. A new building overlooking the walls of the Old City, close to the Hinnom Valley, was opened in 1981 with the financial support of the , the Jerusalem Foundation, the Van Leer Foundation, and private donors.
In addition to screening halls, the Cinematheque houses the The Jerusalem Cinematheque’s [Israeli Film Archive|Israel Film Archive], an archive of films from the 1920s to today, The Nathan Axelrod Newsreel Collection, the Joan Sourasky-Constantiner Holocaust Multimedia Research Center, the Department for Film and Media Education, and the Lew and Edie Wasserman Film Library.